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What to do with entryway??

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

Okay, so the entryway will have a corner post and be cased on the end facing the great room. I had originally planned on having the end drywalled across in a straight line (so the peak of the entryway would not be visible from the great room). Miscommunication though, so it is not that way. I am going to have a chandelier over the steps, and am not sure how to handle the light in the entry.

The plan at the moment is that there will be a wooden beam along the center peak and then beams up along the side to the peak. Great room will also have center beam along with decorative trusses. Would a wood ceiling in entry look better. Any thoughts??

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palimpsest

5 years ago

If you can't even see a clear way to detail it, it's too complex.

Let the main vault be the feature. If you feature and highlight every little space, Nothing is highlighted or featured.

Look at all the lines and planes intersecting here. One side of the vault over the door isn't even the same height as the other side, because of the dropped square.

I know exactly what this is supposed to look like. This room is nicely furnished and the beams are a nice feature, but apologies to whoever's house this is, the architecture is visually chaotic:

This would look so much better if the entryway were simple and you walked into a well-bounded vaulted great room with beams. Putting beams and vaults and shapes everywhere does nothing but detract from the main feature of the main part of the room.

Do yourself a favor and flatten the entry area and call it done:

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Mark Bischak, Architect
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Why is there a peak? Does it relate to anything else?
E K
Original Author
5 years ago
There is a cathedral in the great room and also in the hearth/keeping room.
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Mark Bischak, Architect
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As it sits in this unfinished state and what little I know of the whole design, it appear something needs to be done to it to have it relate to the other spaces other than just mimic them.
homechef59
5 years ago
We went through this on a previous post. I know the inspiration picture is how you wanted this to turn out, but I think in your application the flat ceiling would be best. Your doorway has a level top, follow it with the flat ceiling. The peaked arrangement doesn't seem to relate to the door.
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Virgil Carter Fine Art
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